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50 Ðồng
| Issuer | Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam |
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| Year | 1949-1950 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue-green tones and carries a central vignette of stylised birds in flight above a nest or foliage, rendered in a bold graphic style against a lightly patterned background. The denomination numeral 50 appears at upper left and upper right corners, with the Chinese character inscription across the top and the text NAM MUOI DONG along the lower margin. A serial number in red is printed across the lower centre of the note. |
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| Variants | P#50a - front violet-brown, back blue without watermark P#50b - front orange, back gray-green without watermark P#50c - gray color on front and back without watermark P#50d - violet color on front and back P#50e - front brown, back gray-green without watermark white paper P#50f - front brown, back gray-green watermark: circle with star brown paper P#50g - with red circular handstamp on back: Binh-Thuan Province with signature on back P#50h - with red circular handstamp on back: Cuc-Nam Province |
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The Democratic Republic of Vietnam began issuing its own currency — the đồng — in 1946, just months after Ho Chi Minh's government declared independence. These early Tài chính phiếu (finance notes) were produced under wartime conditions during the First Indochina War, with French forces actively contesting control of the north. Printing infrastructure was improvised and dispersed; notes from this period were often produced in multiple locations using different paper stocks, which accounts for the significant variation in color saturation and print registration found across surviving examples of this series.
Pick 50 falls within the second major emission, dated 1949–1950, when the Việt Minh administration was consolidating fiscal control in liberated zones. Many notes from this issue were printed in limited runs and circulated only regionally.